On: Flyby anomaly

[tbabb]

I take it the influence of Earth's magnetic field is accounted for, including adjustments for relativity and any induced eddy currents in the spacecraft?

[dingo_bat → tbabb]

If agencies like NASA and ESA consider this an anomaly, they must have eliminated obvious stuff like eddy currents and relativity.

[Udo → dingo_bat]

Not really. The problem is there are many unknown factors. Consulting the list of likely explanation candidates, I think so far they haven't even ruled out whether it's a signal artifact as opposed to an actual speedup.

[btilly → dingo_bat]

They thought they had eliminated radiation as a possible cause of the Pioneer anomaly, but hadn't.

Double checking electromagnetic forces is an excellent idea.